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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The Whole Alphabet

Gracie wrote the whole alphabet the other night!
I was in the shower and Joel said she was drawing a bunch of M's so he started asking her if she could draw an A, then a B, and so on. He said he only helped a bit with 5 or 6, by either showing her the letter so she could remember it or by guiding her hand on a few. But the other 20 she did totally by herself!! We were so impressed! I know its a little hard to tell from this picture but they're all there!

Pardon the sad stick figure in the middle. She had asked me to help her draw a girl with a dress earlier in the day and art is not my strong point. (Nothing like stating the obvious!) Although, in my defense, I was guiding her hand and in a hurry to get nap time underway. If I had more time, I might have been able to give her a bit of hair on the sides, instead of it all coming out of a hole on top of her head. LOL!

Missing Daddy

Joel was gone from Tuesday to Sunday morning (he got in at 4:45 AM) last week. The girls really missed him! Here they are talking to him on toy phones:

We did a lot more shopping than usual, hung out at the mall, tried out the Burger King play area, and waited for him to get home so things would be back to normal! The first day he was gone was the day we went to the Children's Museum. We went a little out of the way on the way home and got to eat supper with Matt! We were gone for 12 fun hours!

Ava loved the Burger King play area we went to on Friday and kept asking to go again. Like, constantly asking from the moment we got home Friday until we finally went Monday morning! Amarah came along so that was fun for them!

They also talked to Jody and Jamie on the phone:

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Children's Museum

Last Tuesday we met friends at a Children's Museum and had so much fun!!

They got to dig up dinosaur bones, explore an old car, and be on a TV set.

Paint, play in a bubble room, and climb a very interesting-looking contraption.

My favorite was the miniature grocery store!

This is about 2% of the things we did but its all I managed to get pictures of. It was so fun to go, and even better that we got to go with good friends! We'll definitely go again!